From Antarctica and the Mariana Trench to inside the human body Microplastics can be found almost everywhere.

Australian diplomats will return to Ukraine's capital Kyiv nearly three years after Russia's invasion plunged the country into conflict and forced foreign ambassadors to flee.

"Undeniable" signs of ethnic cleansing - that's how the Doctors Without Borders organisation is describing the situation in Gaza.

It's the second time this month that a major NGO has made such a claim, after a similar report from Amnesty International.

Medecin San Frontiers says that what its teams are seeing on the ground in Gaza is consistent with - quote - "the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organisations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza".

It follows a provisional order by the International Court of Justice, which found it plausible that Israel's acts could amount to genocide, which Israel vehemently denies.

A former senior public servant has accused the Government of acting illegally by failing to process partner visas in line with demand. 

Some of the country's top universities have criticised the government's latest effort to reduce Australia's migration intake by clamping down on the number of visas handed to international students.

Playwright and actor Kate Mulaney joined Sally Sara on Radio National Breakfast to share how books and storytelling helped her through her childhood cancer diagnosis.

And the 'How To Make Gravy' star shares how stories still play a big role in her life — as well as sharing what's in her must read pile over the summer.

Guest:Kate Mulvany, Award winning playwright, actor and anti-agent orange campaigner 

A French court has convicted the husband of Gisele Pelicot, and 50 other men, over the repeated drugging and raping of her, that occurred for more than a decade.

Dominique Pelicot will spend 20 years in jail.

47 of the 50 others were found guilty of rape, and will serve between three and 15 years. 

A government-funded service that provides mental health support to veterans is under fire for reportedly underpaying psychologists and counsellors their superannuation over more than a decade.

The Australian newspaper yesterday reported the organisation Open Arms missed paying up to $50 million dollars in superannuation payments dating back to 2012.  Dr Zena Burgess, CEO Australian Psychological Society says her team found out via the media, and that it's a "slap in the face" and "insulting."

• Guest: Dr Zena Burgess, CEO Australian Psychological Society
• Producer: Luke Siddham Dundon

After a lengthy legal process and almost seven months of being quote 'closed for reform', MONA's controversial Ladies Lounge exhibit is back open.

The NSW Government is being urged to immediately respond to recommendations from a recent gaming reform report, following grim new data revealing that the state's gamblers are now losing one-million dollars to poker machines every single hour.

The latest figures from the New South Wales Department of Liquor and Gaming reveal two-point-two-five BILLION dollars was lost to pokies between July and September.

• Guest: Sally Gainsbury, Director of the Gambling Treatment and Research Centre at Sydney University's Brain and Mind Centre and she was one of the independent members on the NSW Panel on Gambling Reform 
• Producer: Linda LoPresti